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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 6-10.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How could Solomon best be described as he argued with Burch right before his beating?
(a) He was unyielding.
(b) He was aggressive.
(c) He was committed.
(d) He was remorseful.

2. What one element stood out when Tibeats set about to punish Solomon?
(a) That he always had to have help from others.
(b) That he thought that he could punish Solomon by himself.
(c) That he did not seem to be able to punish Solomon by himself.
(d) That he was never sure that his plan would work because of Solomon's size.

3. What type of impression did Eliza give Solomon when she arrived in Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) The impression that she had been a slave all of her life.
(b) The impression that she had lived above the level of a slave.
(c) The impression that she fetl out of place.
(d) The impression that she was familiar with Williams' Slave Pen.

4. What could be said about the type of access that Solomon and the other slaves had with respect to the yard that surrounded Williams' Slave Pen?
(a) That it was unsupervised.
(b) That it was restricted.
(c) That it was risky.
(d) That it was based on the honor system.

5. How did Solomon feel about the way that Merrill Brown and Abram Hamilton treated him while on the way to New York?
(a) He questioned the way that they treated him.
(b) He did not have an opinion about the way the men treated him.
(c) He felt good about the way the men treated him.
(d) He felt that the men should have treated him better.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Author Solomon Northrup write Twelve Years a Slave?

2. Shortly after buying them, how did William Ford show Solomon and the other slaves that he was compassionate toward them?

3. What was the purpose of having Jacob Brooks accompany Eliza to get her freedom papers?

4. What did Solomon learn while spending time in the yard outside Williams' Slave Pen?

5. Who suffered the worst loss of all during the slave sale at Freeman's?

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